| Title: | * * Computer Music, MIDI, and Related Topics * * |
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| Created: | Thu Feb 20 1986 |
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I have a friend who is interested in adding MIDI to his IBM PC(AT).
After reading a lot of notes in this conference, I have some questions.
If he were to choose to run the cakewalk sequencing software, what type
of interface card does he need? Does the card have to be MPU-401
compatible? Are there any cards other than Roland and Voyetra(sp?)
which will work with cakewalk?
By the way, my friend is a complete novice when it comes to music.
Thanks,
Bill
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| 2481.1 | MusicQuest | DECWIN::FISHER | I like my species the way it is" "A narrow view... | Thu Nov 01 1990 12:30 | 15 |
My cakewalk manual is at home, but I think it wants only MPU401 compatible. Another compatible besides Voyetra is MusicQuest (which is what I have). They have at least 3 models. The cheapest is about $99 and has 1 in, 1 out, metronome, and not much else. The other two levels reach up into a few more hundreds of $s and add SMTPE follow, multiple channels, etc. I've always heard good things about these cards and their support. A number of people say that these work much more reliably with faster CPUs than some unnamed others. The only caveat, and I'm not sure it is legitimate: The Voyetra card actually uses a Roland rom, and thus is more certain to be compatible. (The V software complains that the MQ does not have the real rom, but it works ok. Probably a marketing gimmick to sell their cards :-( ) Burns | |||||
| 2481.2 | More appropriate place??? | DCSVAX::COTE | Light, sweet, crude... | Thu Nov 01 1990 15:39 | 11 |
Notes> DIR/KEY=CAKEWALK
Topic Author Date Repl Title
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2046 SWAV1::STEWART 14-JUL-1989 9 Cakewalk Sequencer for IBM/MSDOS Machines
2284 VMSDEV::NORCOTT 9-MAR-1990 20 Need info on good IBM sequencer software
I'd be willing to bet this string would fit real nice in one of the
above notes.
Edd
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